Inequity in education : a historical perspective / edited by Debra Meyers and Burke Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meyers, Debra, 1956-

Miller, Burke, 1964-

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--United States--History.

Educational equalization.

Education--Social aspects--United States--History.

Education.

Education--Social aspects.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 276 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2009]

Summary:

Inquity in Education represents the latest scholarship investigating issues of race, class, ethnicity, religion, gender and national identity formation that have influenced education in America throughout its history. This collection of cutting-edge essays and primary source documents represents a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives that will appeal to both social and cultural historians as well as those who teach education courses, including introductory surveys and foundations courses. Targeting sophisticated undergraduates along with graduate students and specialists, this exciting new collection capitalizes on the growing interest in the historical foundations of the problems facing our schools today.

Contents:

1 The Unequal Status of Children in American Educational History: Historiographical Reflections and Theoretical Possibilities / Joshua Garrison 11

In Their Words: The Right to Control One's Learning 26

2 The Cornerstone of the Republic: George Washington and the National University / Ryan Staude 35

In Their Words: A National University 50

3 No Acknowledged Standard: The Female Seminary Curriculum of the Early Nineteenth Century / Emily Conroy-Krutz 55

In Their Words: The Troy Female Seminary and Curriculum 69

4 The Training an Orphan Requires: Education in Nineteenth-Century New York City Orphan Asylums / Sarah Mulhall Adelman 79

In Their Words: Education in the Orphans Home and Asylum 92

5 The Idea of Integration in the Age of Horace Mann / Chris Beneke 101

In Their Words: Charles Sumner Argues School Equality 115

6 The Race Problem and American Education in the Early Twentieth Century / Tracy L. Steffes 123

In Their Words: First Mohonk Conference on the Negro Question, 1890 141

7 Vocational Education, Work Culture, and the Children of European Immigrants during the 1930s / Ivan Greenberg 147

In Their Words: Max Weber 159

8 The "Separate but Equal" Schools of Monongalia County, West Virginia's Coal Mining Communities / Connie Park Rice 165

In Their Words: African American Students in WPA Schools 175

9 Christian Day Schools and the Transformation of Conservative Evangelical Protestant Educational Activism, 1962-1990 / Adam Laats 183

In Their Words: Prayer and Bible in Public Schools 201

10 The Austin T.E.A. Party: Homeschooling Controversy in Texas, 1986-1994 / Ryan Mcllhenny 211

In Their Words: The Houston Chronicle, June 16, 1994 226

11 Changing Visions for Jesuit High Schools in America: The Case of Campion Jesuit High School, 1965-1975 / Casey C. Beaumier 235

In Their Words: Document on Christian Education (Gravissimum Edeucationis), October 28, 1965 248

12 The National Education Association: Champion of Equality in Education or Roadblock to Change? / Jennifer Heth 251

In Their Words: "Woman's Work in Education," 1885 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780739133972

0739133977

9780739133996

0739133993

OCLC:

396192093

Publisher Number:

99935761831